Head impact biomechanics in youth hockey: Comparisons across playing position, event types, and impact locations

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Mihalik, Jason P ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a   Marshall, Stephen W ^b,c   Blackburn, J Troy ^a   Cantu, Robert C ^d   Greenwald, Richard M ^e,f  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EMERSON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SIMBEX   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Injury prevention; Kinematics; Mild traumatic brain injury; Pediatric; Sports biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL DATA; CONCUSSION; DESIGN STANDARD; HEAD IMPACT; ICE HOCKEY; INJURY PREVENTION; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION;

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; KINEMATICS; PEDIATRICS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ACCELERATION;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TELEMETRY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; ROTATION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84855344285     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0405-3     Document Type: Article

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